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Ponzi Scheme
Target Words 2
100
The crime of tricking people in order to get their money.
What is fraud?
100
Things at are alike.
What is comparing?
100
Telling how things are different.
What is contrast?
100
Ponzi Scheme
What is a scheme where people invest money that the investor is using to benefit himself?
100
An ongoing pattern of rising prices.
What is inflation?
200
Parts of something larger, such as an orginization or a country.
What is sector?
200
Signal words for comparing.
What is "both", "like", "also", and "in addition"?
200
Signal words for contrasting.
What is "unlike", "but", "rather than", and "however"?
200
Exposed in 1920.
What is the year Ponzi's scheme was exposed?
200
A long, intense economic struggle during which businesses lose money and jobs are lost.
What is depression?
300
To admit or accept that a situation exists.
What is acknowledge?
300
Both teens know what it's like to be affected by recession.
What is the first "Same" on page 201 about Henry and Evelyn?
300
Evenlyn's family lost theirs and Henry's got help to make payments.
What is the difference in Evelyn's family's home and Henry's?
300
Died in prison.
What is how Charles Ponzi died?
300
Rules or standards for judging right and wrong.
What is ethics?
400
Many people cannot afford to pay for their homes during a _______.
What is depression?
400
Both Ponzi schemers went to prison.
What is similar about Madoff and Ponzi in regard to their punishment?
400
Millions of dollars and Billions of dollars lost.
What is the difference in money lost in Ponzi and Madoff's schemes?
400
30+years.
What is how long Madoff's scheme lasted?
400
The business deal was a __________ and we lost all our money.
What is fraud?
500
The ___________ of the business said he would hire my friend and I, if agreed to start work tomorrow.
What is proprietor?
500
Used money from their scams to live in luxury.
What is something Madoff and Ponzi did with their money?
500
President Obama saw the video.
What is Evelyn's video with her classmates.
500
White Collar Scams.
What is another name for scams involving investments?
500
My parents try to teach me good ________ by asking me to always think about how my actions effect others.
What is ethics?
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